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Miriam Diaz-Gilbert

My First Solo Art Exhibition: The Stories Behind the Paintings and My Journey as a Self-taught Acrylic Painter

The stories behind the paintings of my first solo art exhibition. Nature: Mountains, Trails, Water, Sand, and National Parks.

Miriam Diaz-Gilbert

The Road to My First Entry in an Art Exhibition

My first painting in an art exhibition.

Miriam Diaz-Gilbert

What I Learned From Professional Painters at an Arts Festival

I'm a self-taught painter. This is what I learned from artists at an arts festival.

Miriam Diaz-Gilbert

The Pandemic Took My Job. I Retired Early. I Became an Accidental Self-Taught Painter.

Had the COVID-19 pandemic never struck, I would not have lost my job, retired early, and become an accidental self-taught painter.